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Emergency manual systemic‐to‐pulmonary artery autotransfusion for severe cyanotic spell
Author(s) -
Kothari Shyam S.,
Ramakrishnan Sivasubramanian,
Bisoi Akshay K.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.23053
Subject(s) - medicine , autotransfusion , pulmonary artery , spell , cardiology , intensive care medicine , blood transfusion , sociology , anthropology
Cyanotic spell is an important complication of tetralogy of Fallot. We report a simple, innovative method that bailed out a patient with life‐threatening, refractory cyanotic spell in the catheterization laboratory. Manual autotransfusion of blood from aorta into the pulmonary arteries resulted in significant clinical improvement. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.